Note: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company; "ASIN" is amazon.com product reference number. [edit] Adaptations [edit] Fantasies A number of classical composers have used themes from Carmen as the basis for works of their own. Some of these, such as Pablo de Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy (1883) for violin and orchestra, Franz Waxman's Carmen Fantasie (1946) for violin and orchestra and Vladimir Horowitz's Variations on a theme from Carmen for solo piano are virtuoso showpieces in the tradition of fantasias on operatic themes. Ferruccio Busoni wrote a Sonatina (No.6) for piano named Fantasia da camera super Carmen (1920), which uses themes from the opera. There are also two suites of music drawn directly from Bizet's opera, often recorded and performed in orchestral concerts. [edit] Film In 1915, Cecil B. DeMille directed a 59-minute silent film version of the opera. Also in 1915, Raoul Walsh directed a version of the film, starring Theda Bara. In 1927, once again, Raoul Walsh directed a new version The loves of Carmen, starring Dolores del Rio. In 1943, in the United States, it was adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II into an African-American setting as Carmen Jones, which was a success firstly as a stage production and in 1954 as a feature film, starring Dorothy Dandridge. In 1948, Rita Hayworth starred in the Technicolor feature The Loves of Carmen. In 1960, it was adapted into the Hong Kong film, The Wild, Wild Rose. In 1967, the conductor Herbert von Karajan directed a Technicolor film of the opera. In 1983, Carlos Saura made a dance film inspired by the opera, with flamenco dances choreographed by Antonio Gades, in which the modern dancers re-enact in their personal lives the tragic love affair up to its lethal end. In 1983, Peter Brook directed film of his own adaptation La Tragédie de Carmen. In 1984, a film version was produced. This motion picture stars Julia Migenes as Carmen and Plácido Domingo as Don José, with Lorin Maazel conducting the Orchestre National de France. The powerful cast and traditional direction made it popular with audiences. It was the first film version to use Bizet's spoken dialogues in place of the recitatives. The entire soundtrack was released on CD. In 2001, MTV also made a version, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, starring Beyoncé Knowles as Carmen. Adaptation Karmen Gei (2001), set in Dakar, Senegal was sung in French and Wolof. A recent adaptation was U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha (2005), set in Khayelitsha, South Africa; and sung in Xhosa. The film received the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. [edit] Other Rodion Shchedrin wrote a Carmen ballet (1967) directly based on the opera. Choreographer Matthew Bourne has created an updated version of Carmen, called Matthew Bourne's The Car Man. Peter Brook adapted the opera into a dramatico-musical work La Tragédie de Carmen Eric V. Cruz of the Philippines created Carmen, a full-length ballet based on the original story and music of Carmen. The choreography now belongs to the repertoire of Ballet Manila headed by Lisa Macuja-Elizalde. Robert Sund choreographed a 45 minute contemporary ballet of Carmen to a score by Miles Davis for Ballet Pacifica in 1997. Ramón Oller wrote a Carmen ballet (2007) based on the opera [1] The Royal Winnipeg Ballet premiered a new version of Mauricio Wainrot's Carmen, The Passion in January, 2008. [2] The Hey Arnold! episode "What's Opera, Arnold?" features a version of Carmen sung by the cartoon's characters. The musical version scored by Martin Östergren was played as Kattemusikalen at Katedralskolan in Uppsala, Sweden, in April 2008. Finn Poulsen directed and professor Stefan Parkman conducted. Takarazuka Revue had adopted the opera twice: One in the name Passion: Jose and Carmen, starring Asato Shizuki and Mari Hanafusa. The other one is Freedom: Mr. Carmen, which the roles of Jose and Carmen had the genders interchanged (a male Carmen and a female Josie), starring Sakiho Juri and Asuka Tono. An episode of the situation comedy Gilligan's Island featured the cast performing a musical version of Hamlet in which the lyrics of the songs were from or inspired by the Shakespeare play, all set to the tunes of arias from Carmen. In 1953, Spike Jones & His City Slickers debuted "Spike Jones Murders Carmen", a parody. In this version, Carmen works in a bubblegum factory. A Season 9 episode of the PBS educational cartoon Arthur ("Lights, Camera, Opera!") includes a condensed adaptation of the opera featuring the animated cast. In this version, Carmen works in a bubblegum factory, an apparent nod to Spike Jones' parody. The prelude can be played on Wii Music as an unlockable song. [edit] Media

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